Axle bearing



March 1, 1932. w. PEYINGHAUS AXLE BEARING Filed Dec. 5. 1950 R w W M N 3 D; 7% 3 4 n "k m r m J ID" 0 m n l Zm r h \mfj L ya/ta @Ih h %Ww I Patented Mar. 1, 1932 WALTER PEYINGHAUS, OI" EGGE, NEAR VOLMARSTEIN, GERMANY AXLE BEARING Application fled December a, 1930, Serial no.

Axle bearings for railway vehicles with a iixed journal collar, solid bearing bushes divided in the middle, and an oil space in the bottom bush member-are known, in which the axle journal during its rotation sucks up the oil for itself from the aforesaid space,

whilst the oil flows of itself to the oil space from an oil bath with a high oil level. This construction, owing to the high oil level, runs the risk of losing oil on emergency runs'and is unreliable in its suction action on account of the admission of air at the gap between the hush members and on the widening of the oil space in consequence of wearingof the i bush and change of journal diameter. Furth'ermore, this construction is not adapted to absorb lateral shocks which are produced by braking and acceleration forces. 7

Another known axle bearingbonstruction with a solid undivided bush and bottom oil space delivers the oil by means of a scooping plate connected with a fitted collar first upwards so as to allow it to enter from the front of the bearing into the actual neck of the 5 bearing. This construction necessitates the alteration of the whole axle bearing on account-of the fitted collar, renders the maintenance of theneck of the bearing depend- 'ent upon the position and the condition of the front of the bearing and cannot absorb the lateral shocks without disturbing the suction action of the oil space and withoutgiving rise to the danger of crumbling away' of the bearing metal by the lateral shocks.

Both of the constructions mentioned have in common the disadvantage that. the ratio of bush diameter to journal diameter must not exceed a certain limit ifthe suction action of the journal rotating in the bush is 49 still to be present. This necessitates, howi ever, narrowly fixed limits of wear and a stock of bushes with graduated diameters for journals with diameters varying by as. much as 10 mms. Both constructions furthermore require half a revolution from the position of rest to enable oil again to flow into the hearing zone, and have to absorb the lateral pressures by means of the sensitive soft metal of the bearing surfaces.

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these disadvantages are avoided by dividing the solid axle bush along lines above the axial horizontal plane of the axle journal viding slot-like apertures between the surfaces and supplying the oil, which is delivered upwards in the known manner by a centrifugal member to the top bush member, by way of outwardly turned gutter-like oil grooves into the aforesaid apertures whereby it runs over the inclined surface of each longitudinal edge of the upper bush member and finally passes from a dripping edge on to the journal at about the middle of the axle. The bottom bush member extends above the middle of the axle and is provided with projections or spacing members along its lon-' gitudinal edges to abut in places against the 7G edges of the top bush member and thereby form the aforesaid slot-like apertures.

The bottom bush member also bears against the axle journal at-both sides, for the purpose of absorbing lateral shocks and is furnished with hearing fillets or insertions to take. the

pressure.

The said bottom bush is kept in position by suitable means such as one or more transverse bolts.

The invention 1s lllustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through an axle bearing on the lineL-J of Fig. 2; and

Hg. 2 is a cross section throu h the axle bearing on the line II II of ig. 1.

In the drawings, a is the axle journal. I; the top member of the bearing bush, 0 the axle bearin easing, d the bottom member of the bearing bush, and e is atransversely disposed fork on the underside of the bush member (l for engagement with a transverse bolt I which supports the said bush portion. Transverse passages g conduct oil caught ,by a projecting part b of the top bush member 11 into gutter-like longitudinal grooves in having overflow edges In are slot-like aper-f tures between the oblique or inwardly inclined surfaces of the adjacent longitudinal 10o edges of the top and bottom bush members. These apertures are formed by the provision of trapezoidal shaped projections or spacing members I on thelongitudinal edges of the lower bush member. The oblique or inclined surfaces ofthe upper bush member terminate in (hip edges n whereby the overflow from the grooves h is made to drip onto the journal. Because of the arrangement and shape of the members Zthe dripping line is substan vertical and axi'al'directions; which act upon.

the lower bushjand transmits them to the casing by means of the rib g, which embraces the bolt along its entire length in the form of a saddle-like projection or forked formation sons to relieve it from bending forces. Due to the dished contour see 1) of the outer part of the head of rib g, 011 which may be sprayed thereagainst is deflected and. pre-' vented from creeping between the bolt f and its'bore; Any oil or oil spray which may reach .thetroughl-ike portion of ribg (see Fig. 2) willbe led, owin to the slopin sides ofthat portion, to the dowest part, where in Fig.2 it is intersected by section line 1-1) V whence the oil will return to the oil bath. By these means oil is prevented from passing 'in the direction of-the bolt to the-outer packin'g discs thereof. 7

The operation of the bearing above. described is as follows I The oil that is caught in the projecting part b of the top bearing bush member runs through the transverse passagesginto the gutterslike longitudinal grooves h which slope towards the median transverse plane.- from both. ends of the hearing so that when the oil delivery is small, -preferential J oiling occurs at the middle of the bearing surface, and

when the vehicle is in an oblique position, oil

ing takes placewith certainty overat least one half of the width of thebearingzi The oil-that has run through the clined edge s urfaces of the upper bush memher and forward to the dripping edges n from which it drips onto the axlejournal. The gutter-likegrooves or channels may be tapered in' width towards the median planeof the bearing. Their cross-section can thusbe formed totaper towards the midpoint of their length. -In the of small journal di- ;.a t th dripping edge 1:. can be shifted ducting V gutter flows over the overflow edges 2', into, the slot-like openings 1:, and down over the oblique'or in- Iagainst the axle only at its'sides.

lateral fillets m of the bottom bush member and should, principally, ensure the provision of the ascending parts of the bearing surface with oil.

The advantages of this'construction lie in the fact that it is only necessary that the ournal should rotate about degrees-before oil reaches the upper bearing zone, that the j ournal collar can, as hitherto, remain.fixed,that lateral pressures are absorbed by the bottom bush member and not by the sensitive soft metal of the top bush member, that the top bush member has an uninterrupted lar e bearing surface and is thus subjected to t e smallest. possible wear, and the principle of a standard bush for journalsrwith changing diameter can be maintained because only the lateral abutting fillets m of the bottom bush member need be exchanged to suit the particular diameter of -the j ournal;'whilst the top and bottom lubrication of remains operative in every case.

What I claim is 1. A railway vehicle axle bearing compris- .inga bush casin and a bearing bush therein divided longitu inally along hnes'above, the horizontal axial lane, the adjacent surfaces of the bush mem rs being spaced a art and inclined towards the middle of the e, means for supplying lubricantto the upper bush member, and channels in the latter for conthe lubricant by eventual overflow into thelongitudinal spaces between the bush members.

2. A railway axle bearing comprising a bush casing and a bearing bush therein divided longitudinally along lines above the horizontal axial lane, the adjacent surfaces. of the bush members being spaced apart and inclined towards the middle of the axle, longitudinal gutter-like-channels located on the external surface of the upper bush member above the spaces betweenthe'afore'said aced adjacent surfaces, and means for su p ying lubricant to the channels whence y v fl w it pames into said spaiaea- .3. A ra' way axle bearing. acco to claim 2, the longitudinal gutter-like channels being tapered-m width towards the median transverse plane of the a v. fl. A. railway axlebearing ccording to claim '1, the lower bush member bearing 5. A railway axle bearing according to claim 1, including means extending transversely across the bush casin beneath the lower bush member, and a for ed formation on the underside of said bush member engaging and receiving support from said transversely extendin means.

6. or use wit a railway axle bearin of the kind in which oil is constantly picke up from within a bearing casing and delivered to the upper part of the bearing bush, a bearing bush divided longitudinally along lines above the horizontal axial plane 'into two members the adjacent longitudinal surfaces of which are inclined inwardly and downwardly, means for keeping said surfaces spaced a predetermined distance apart, and gutter-like longitudinal channels located above the spaces between the aforesaid spaced surfaces, whereby oil supplied to said channels overflows into said spaces and thence onto the axle.

7. A bearing bush as claimed in claim 6, the means for s acing apart the adjacent longitudinal su aces of the bush members being integral projections on the lower bush member.

8. A bearing bush as claimed in claim 6,

the gutter-like longitudinal channels on the upper bush member being of a form taperlng 'cross-sectionally towards the mid point in their len h.

9. A bearin bush as claimed in claim 6, including bearing fillets inserted in the side portions of the lower bush member.

10. A hearing bush as claimed in claim 6, including a fork or saddle-like projection extending transversely on the underside of the lower bush member to serve as a supporting bearing therefor.

11. A hearing bush as claimed in claim 6, the surfaces of the upper bush member which face the corresponding surfaces of the lower bush member terminating each in an oil dripping edge slightly above the horizontal axial plane of the bush.

12. A bearing bush as claimed in claim 6, the gutter-like longitudinal channels being sloped downwardly from each end towards the mid point in their length. 4

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WALTER PEYINGrHAUS. I 

